Isaiah 63:2

Isaiah 63:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
• New International Version (NIV)Why are your garments red, like those of one treading the winepress?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why is your apparel red, and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why is Your apparel red, And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?

Context of Isaiah 63:2

1Who is this who is coming from Edom? He is coming from Bozrah and his clothes are bright red. He wears beautiful royal clothes, and he marches forward with great strength. He says, ‘It is me! I, the Lord, tell you that I have won the fight! I have the power to save you.’ But why are your clothes red? You look like someone who has walked on grapes, and you have squeezed them to make wine. 3He says, ‘I have walked on the grapes alone. Nobody from the nations came to help me. I walked on them because I was angry. I squeezed them to pieces in my anger. Their blood splashed on my clothes, and it made all my clothes dirty. 4I decided that it was time to punish my enemies. Then I would save my people from their power.

Isaiah 63:2 word by word

מַדּ֥וּעַ אָדֹ֖ם לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּבְגָדֶ֖יךָ כְּדֹרֵ֥ךְ בְּגַֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• redאָדֹם'âdôm · redH122
• in thine apparelלְבוּשׁlebûsh lebûsh · clothingH3830
• and thy garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• like him that treadethדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
• in the winefatגַּתgath · wine pressH1660

Commentaries on Isaiah 63:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel - For ללבושך lilebushecha, twenty-nine MSS. (nine ancient) of Kennicott's, and thirty of De Rossi s, and one edition, have ללבושיך lilebusheycha in the plural; so the Septuagint and Syriac. And all the ancient Versions read it with מ mem, instead of the first ל lamed . But the true reading is probably מלבושך malbushecha in the singular, as in Isaiah 63:3. - L.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Wherefore art thou red? - The inquiry of the people. Whence is it that that gorgeous apparel is stained with blood? And thy garment like him that treadeth in the wine-fat? - Or rather the wine-press.‘ The word used here (גת gath ) means the place where the grapes were placed to be trodden with the feet, and from which the juice would flow off into a vat or receptacle. Of course the juice of the grape would stain the raiment of him who was employed in this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The term red (Hebrew ’adom) is a wordplay on the name Edom.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The prophet asks why His garments are "dyed" and "red." winefat--rather, the "wine-press," wherein the grapes were trodden with the feet; the juice would stain the garment of him who trod them (Re 14:19, 20; 19:15). The image was appropriate, as the country round Bozrah abounded in grapes. This final blow inflicted by Messiah and His armies (Re 19:13-15) shall decide His claim to the kingdoms usurped by Satan, and by the "beast," to whom Satan…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 63:2

• Colors
• Edomites
• Wine Press

In the dictionaries

• Apparel
• Fat
• Mention
• Obadiah, Book of
• Winepress
• Color; Colors
• Isaiah
• Obadiah, Book of
• Saviour
• Synagogue

Commentaries on Isaiah 63

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings